# Accident 20090511025179A: Cessna 170B, Kenai, AK, May 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2009, 15:30 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5733° N, 151.2447° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5733&lon=-151.2447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3469C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3469C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 460 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09CA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090511025179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AIRCRAFT LANDING RUNWAY 19R AT KENAI MUNI (PAEN), AT 1530 AKDT.  RIGHT WING CAME UP THEN HIT GROUND, LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THEN ACFT CAME TO A STOP ON ITS LEFT SIDE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC09CA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA039), May 12, 2009: Cessna 170B (N3469C), Kenai, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground-loop. A factor contributing to the accident was the pilot's diverted attention during the…

## Other reports on N3469C (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140502005839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140502005839A), May 2, 2014: Cessna 170B (N3469C), Soldotna, AK, Substantial damage. Airman said there was a quartering headwind that switched to a quartering tailwind during her landing. She said she should have done a go-around. The right…
- [Incident 19860720058829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860720058829I), Jul 20, 1986: Cessna 170B (N3469C), Anchorage, AK. Requested IFR descent through unforecast weather to VFR.aircraft not IFR certified. No static or altimeter check.
- [Accident 19730924030779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730924030779A), Sep 24, 1973: Cessna 170B (N3469C), Glasgow, MT, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 25K.l MN gr dmgd aft stall.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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